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Atlanta is the home to major corporations:

One of Atlanta’s oldest and most well-known companies, Coca-Cola, began in Atlanta when Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist concocted the coca-cola soft drink formula in a brass kettle in his backyard, trying to discover a headache tonic. Coca-Cola was incorporated in Atlanta in 1888 and is now one of the top 100 companies in revenue in the United States.

Another home-grown success story, Home Depot, started in Atlanta in 1978 and is now the 13th largest company in the United States.

In the 1970s and 80s, companies and organizations such as Georgia-Pacific and the American Cancer Society moved their headquarters to Atlanta – and the trend has continued with UPS, the world’s largest shipper, ING Americas, Holiday Inn and InterContinental Hotels, CARE International, Philips Consumer Electronics, GE Energy, Porsche Cars North America, Newell Rubbermaid, Novelis and Spectrum Brands (Rayovac Batteries) -- all moving their headquarters to Atlanta in the last 10 years.

Atlanta was the Home of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games!
For the first time the Summer Games were held in the eastern U.S. Approximately 8 million tickets were sold to Olympic events in Atlanta venues. It is estimated that the Olympics brought between 1.5 and 3 million people to the city and an estimated $5.1 billion in economic impact.


The information presented here was gathered from information presented by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. 

• Metro Atlanta ranks among the top five in the nation in net new job growth for the last decade, adding nearly 460,000 new jobs.

• Metro Atlanta is forecasted to be the third largest job generator over the next decade.

• In 2005, the area added 69,100 net new jobs, ranking it among the top five for job creation in the country.

• Trade, transportation and utilities industry sector is the area’s largest employment category, employing nearly 535,000 people or 23 percent of Atlanta’s workers.

• Atlanta is home to the Sixth District Federal Reserve Bank.

• More than 10 international banks have local offices.

• Nearly 1,600 foreign-based facilities operate out of the metro area, employing nearly 80,000 people.

• Atlanta is home to 49 foreign consulates, 31 foreign- American chambers of commerce and 16 trade and tourism offices, and enjoys sister-city relationships with 18 international cities.

• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world.

• Atlanta hosts approximately 3,000 conventions annually, ranking fifth nationally.